ForestIndex

The Forest Value Benchmark

ForestIndex measures Europe's forests from space — biomass, structure, species, disturbance — and anchors fragmented transaction data to physical fundamentals. The result: the first comparable forest value benchmark across Europe.

Top-down satellite view of European forest canopy with parcel outlines, biomass heat layer and canopy height contours

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Why satellites

Registries tell you what a forest sold for. Satellites tell you what a forest is. ForestIndex fuses both into one comparable physical reference.

  • Registries show prices, not assets

    A €/ha figure says nothing about standing volume, species, age, or disturbance. Transactions across 27 jurisdictions are not comparable on price alone.

  • You cannot field-cruise a continent

    Ground inventory does not scale across Europe and national forest inventories lag years behind.

  • Earth observation is the normalizing layer

    Sentinel-2 optical, Sentinel-1 SAR, spaceborne LiDAR and ESA's Biomass mission give a consistent, repeatable physical profile of every forest parcel.

Built on Copernicus Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2 · ESA Biomass · GEDI / ICESat-2

An index house, not a single number

ForestIndex is the platform. Beneath it sits a family of benchmarks and monitoring layers, each built on the same satellite-anchored methodology.

  • In development

    Forest Value Benchmark — Europe

    Flagship pan-European benchmark fusing transaction comparables with satellite-derived physical fundamentals.

  • Live pilot

    Latvian Forestland Value Index

    Pilot index combining registry data and Earth observation under a volume-weighted methodology.

  • Coming 2026

    Forest Risk & Monitoring Layers

    EO-derived disturbance detection, storm and harvest alerts, and asset monitoring for forest portfolios.

Who it's for

  • Natural-capital & forest funds

    Comparable valuation across geographies and vintages.

  • Banks & insurers

    Collateral valuation and physical-risk assessment grounded in observed assets.

  • Brokers & registries

    Benchmarking and price discovery anchored to a continental reference.

  • Forest owners & asset managers

    Portfolio monitoring and an objective value reference for every parcel.

Regulatory tailwind

The EU Forest Monitoring Framework and EUDR geolocation requirements are moving the market toward satellite-based forest intelligence. ForestIndex is built for that direction of travel.